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Netherlands to Enter Strict Lockdown Days Ahead of Christmas

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Manori Ravindran International EditorHere we go again.Europe has marked its strictest lockdown yet over the Omicron variant, with the Netherlands announcing a Christmas lockdown that will run through to at least mid-January.

Non-essential shops, schools, bars, restaurants and other public venues, including cinemas, will be closed under the new rules.The Dutch restrictions come into effect on Sunday, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte calling the lockdown “unavoidable” in order to contain the spread of the new variant.“I stand here with a gloomy mind, and a lot of people watching will feel that way too,” said Rutte in a press conference on Saturday.

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